Getting Started Building Your Own Home

It will help you get an overview of how much information I can give you in a simple,
step-by-step format. Remember, you don't have to be an expert. You have me to rely on to mentor
you, giving you the confidence that an expert is right beside you, keeping your construction process
flowing. You can succeed in building your own home.

Now you know you have the resources you need to get started.
Or to remodel your existing one.

You will be able to actually do the work yourself or hire professionals and know
if they are doing the job right.

What's next? How do you really get started?
Let's put together an entire framework for building your specific home from start to finish.
There will be a lot of choices for you to make like:

Budget

Qualifying For A Loan

Location

Determine Design, Quality & Size Of Your House

Choose Your House Plan

You can do all of this without spending a lot of
money or committing yourself yet. And, "He who fails to plan, plans to fail."

Let's Get Started Building Your Own Home

1. Money. How much house can you afford? How much do you want your monthly payments to be? How
soon do you want to pay off your house? These are huge questions to determine your course.

You can do a lot of investigative work through the internet. Go to our
free mortgage calculator.
It can help you determine the answers to the questions above. Plug in the amount you think you want to borrow.
Choose your interest rate. Then decide how many years you want to make payments.
Use this tool to help you determine your goals!

2. Budget. You need to become familiar with how to merge your desires with your
budget or your dream could turn into a nightmare. We'll go over
cost per square foot to build
your home. This will help you set a budget to get the most from your choices.

3. Loan Process. Most of us will have to borrow the money to build
our future. There are many different avenues you can take. Learn more about a
home construction loan here.

3. Building Costs. Building cost vary considerabily depending on location, design,
quality and size of the home. There are fancy software programs and online computing programs to "help"
you estimate cost. I encourage you to use the free ones to get a feel for estimating. You will also find
many tips and checklist throughout this web site to help you plan.